Second Destiny Beta Thread of 'SMiLE! The Beta's back up! Welcome Everyone!'

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broony said:
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All the competitions now have prizes thanks to Blu10 donating 6 x $10 PSN or live vouchers.

Need to get some of you guys entering and teaming up for the PVP competition.

Please get donating guys.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=854998

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far. Get some friends together and play!
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I feel tempted to force certain people into this competition by donating in their name.
 
So the consensus is that RAS-2 bunker is some sort of strike? It looks very nice indeed. While Old Russia is significant and large, it seems to me the moon is quite smaller than what we got to explore in Old Russia.
 
Lakitu said:
So the consensus is that RAS-2 bunker is some sort of strike? It looks very nice indeed. While Old Russia is significant and large, it seems to me the moon is quite smaller than what we got to explore in Old Russia.
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I'll bet money that it's gonna be part of an extra big/important story mission in Old Russia, might be the "end" missions for the zone of something.
 
Destiny is set up like an MMORPG akin to PSO. But yeah its technically not an MMO since it lacks the massive amount of players being in one server.
 
Trickster said:
Technically no. But it basically emulates one.
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No it doesn't. It has some elements that you might find in MMOs, but it by no means 'emulates' one.
Expecting MMO-like playtime out of an Action/Shooter-game just because it has some elements popularized by MMOs is ridiculous.
 
Ark said:
Two more days of work and I'll be able to enjoy four straight, uninterrupted days of the Destiny beta!

And I totally booked the Destiny launch week off work ;D
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ahh nice, you swine, I will be working but having all evenings to play, and then weekend is MY TIME!!!!

I also have the launch week off. it's going to be great. Although my gf is annoyed, as I am stealing the TV....
 
Tiemen said:
No it doesn't. It has some elements that you might find in MMOs, but it by no means 'emulates' one.
Expecting MMO-like playtime out of an Action/Shooter-game just because it has some elements popularized by MMOs is ridiculous.
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"some elements". Okay let's mention some of them real quick.

raids - check
dungeons - check
reputation - check
factions - check
gear - check
levels - check
classes - check
talent trees - check
mounts - check
zones - check
social hub - check
vendors - check
player bank - check
meeting players out in the world - check

Destiny is a game that emulates an mmo with fps gameplay. It's not a shooter like Call of Duty or Halo, if you think that, then honestly your perception of what Destiny is, is off base.
 
I wish i knew if destiny is like other PSN games and you can just get it with your US account but still play it with my EU account?
 
Tiemen said:
No it doesn't. It has some elements that you might find in MMOs, but it by no means 'emulates' one.
Expecting MMO-like playtime out of an Action/Shooter-game just because it has some elements popularized by MMOs is ridiculous.
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The term we should be using here is MMORPG. Planetside 2 is an MMO, and we know that's not what people compare destiny to :p

Also, it being an FPS as its source of combat doesn't eliminate it from being an MMO, not saying this is one though. The game's structure fits right in with other MMORPGs
 
For those of you discussing locations and potential content, I don't see anybody mentioning The Reef. From what I recall it's a big cluster of debris floating in space not far from earth.
 
Trickster said:
"some elements". Okay let's mention some of them real quick.

raids - check
dungeons - check
reputation - check
factions - check
gear - check
levels - check
classes - check
talent trees - check
mounts - check
zones - check
social hub - check
vendors - check
player bank - check
meeting players out in the world - check

Destiny is a game that emulates an mmo with fps gameplay. It's not a shooter like Call of Duty or Halo, if you think that, then honestly your perception of what Destiny is, is off base.
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I am rather tired of this argument, quoted from wiki.

The game's style has been described as a first-person shooter that will incorporate massively multiplayer online game (MMO) elements, but Bungie has avoided defining Destiny as a traditional MMO game.[12] Instead, the game has been referred to as a "shared-world shooter,"[13] as it lacks many of the characteristics of a traditional MMO game. For instance, rather than players being able to see and interact with all other players in the game or on a particular server—as is the case in many conventional MMO games—Destiny will include on-the-fly matchmaking that will allow players to see and interact only with other players with whom they are "matched" by the game.[12]
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Move on, it has elements as you stated but isn't a full blown MMO.
 
Trickster said:
"some elements". Okay let's mention some of them real quick.

raids - check
dungeons - check
reputation - check
factions - check
gear - check
levels - check
classes - check
talent trees - check
mounts - check
zones - check
social hub - check
vendors - check
player bank - check
meeting players out in the world - check

Destiny is a game that emulates an mmo with fps gameplay. It's not a shooter like Call of Duty or Halo, if you think that, then honestly your perception of what Destiny is, is off base.
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Levels, Vendors, Zones, Dungeons, Talent Trees, Classes, Gear, Factions, Bank and Reputation are MMO-exclusive now? I think you're talking about MMORPGs. Most of the stuff you listed falls into the 'RPG'-part, not the 'MMO'-part. Destiny is more Shooter-RPG ( Borderlands / Mass Effect ) than Shooter-MMO.
 
Tiemen said:
Levels, Vendors, Zones, Dungeons, Talent Trees, Classes, Gear, Factions, Bank and Reputation are MMO-exclusive now? I think you're talking about MMORPGs. Most of the stuff you listed falls into the 'RPG'-part, not the 'MMO'-part. Destiny is more Shooter-RPG ( Borderlands / Mass Effect ) than Shooter-MMO.
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Sure, sure, except for the part where Destiny emulates an mmo.
 
I'm not worried about content at all.

Sure, maybe it's only a bare minimum, but that bare minimum is a lot of hours. Maybe not MMO level time sink, but Destiny almost unquestionably is still going to be a hefty 60+ hours experience at the very least, unless you only care about the story campaigns.
 
Trickster said:
"some elements". Okay let's mention some of them real quick.

raids - check
dungeons - check
reputation - check
factions - check
gear - check
levels - check
classes - check
talent trees - check
mounts - check
zones - check
social hub - check
vendors - check
player bank - check
meeting players out in the world - check

Destiny is a game that emulates an mmo with fps gameplay. It's not a shooter like Call of Duty or Halo, if you think that, then honestly your perception of what Destiny is, is off base.
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Nothing from this list is essential for the MMO genre.
 
WITHE1982 said:
How exactly do you obtain the cloak? Also the kick ass gun that everyone seems to have gotten hold of yet cannot use?
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Get Iron Banner rank 1 by winning 3 Iron Banner matches, then go to the Tower to buy it from Saladin with 2000 Glimmer. Or 1000, I forgot.

It's not gained from the matches themselves, the matches only open up the vendor to buy it from.
 
Nightengale said:
Get Iron Banner rank 1 by winning 3 Iron Banner matches, then go to the Tower to buy it from Saladin with 2000 Glimmer. Or 1000, I forgot.

It's not gained from the matches themselves, the matches only open up the vendor to buy it from.
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Thanks mate. Now to save up a bit of glimmer. Farming is a lot harder in the Beta. I have a few seeds to take so will run a raid with them on wednesday and hope to pick up some $$$.
 
Trickster said:
Sure, sure, except for the part where Destiny emulates an mmo.
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Where? Because there's more people than just you? If that's the only qualifier for something being an MMO, I think we need a new class of game. I don't think the game matchmaking you with 5 other players makes it an MMO.

Borderlands has Gear, Loot, Vendors, Bank, Zones, 'mounts', Classes, Talent Trees, Levels and sort-of Dungeons, is Borderlands an MMO?
 
DY_nasty said:
Emulating isn't the same as ... like

being
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That's why he said emulating.


An MMO has a bunch of players on one server. That's how you see them roaming about. This game tries to emulate the feeling of having others in your presence with a behind the scenes matchmaking system.

I always assume people mean MMORPG when they just say MMO. Developers and journalists will all frequently use MMO in that context, when technically they should be saying MMORPG. Ah well
 
Frankly I'm not sure how letting you see 12 or so people tops at a given time, generally far less, and feeling largely empty when out in open emulates a "massive multiplayer" experience. We must have vastly different ideas of what "massive" means =p

If not for explore and drive-by matchmaking, you'd be looking at something more like PSO/PSU. Small hub where you can see a few others, ability to party up and go on missions. Not mmo. Just online multiplayer game.
 
Skele7on said:
I am rather tired of this argument, quoted from wiki.



Move on, it has elements as you stated but isn't a full blown MMO.
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I agree with you that isn't an MMO, but I think Bungie is also avoiding that MMO label for other reasons. "MMO" has a lot of negative connotations (mostly negative for me) -- that paired with the lack of a subscription fee pretty ends any viable arguments for the MMO label.
 
Spy said:
Try watching it on mute, the audio is synched incorrectly.
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Hmm, I tried that but the speed of which you took aim and killed him still fucks with my brain. I guess this is the view you get as a pro sniper - something which is totally alien to me lol
 
Flintty said:
That first sniper kill. WTF? Is there some crazy auto aim shit going on or am I missing something?
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No idea if it's a common term but I like to call it sweep shooting. Basically move the reticle across the screen and try to time it when you're near the vicinity of the enemy's head. Aim assist and bullet magnetism will do a lot of the work for you.

Still takes a decent amount of practice though.
 
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